Explosive compound.



v No. 789,943. Y

WED STATES Patented in, 1905.

A LFRED E. STANLEY, or EL'LINWO'O'D, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOCLARENCE E. ATKINSON, OF ELLINWOOD, KANSAS,

EXPLosn/E coraPouNo.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. {789,948, dated may 18,1905.

Application filed February 24, 1906. Serial No. 247,138.

To all whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED E. STANLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ellinwood, in the county of Barton and State of Kansas,have-invented new and useful Improvemen ts in Explosive Compounds,ofwhich the following is aspecification. i

This invention ,is an explosive compound;

"and its object is to provide a powder characterized by a'smokelessquality and bya large explosive force and well adapted for use asgunpowder and also for blasting.

The compound consists of the following ingredients: cornmeal, sulfur,glycerin, alcohol, saltpeter, and chlorate of potash, and the manner ofpreparing it is as follows: Sixteen ounces of cornmeal arecooked forabout five of which are thoroughly stirred to make an intimate mixture.This mixture is then allowed to dry to e sufficient extent, so that itwill grain when forced through a screen for that purpose. The powder soformed will be found more powerful than ordinary gunpowder andsa-fer tohandle than other high explo' sives of the nitro class.

What I claim as new, and

desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An explosive compound comprising a. mixture of cornmeal, sulfur,glycerin, alcohol, saltpeter, and chlorate of potash, in substantiallythe proportions specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

ALFRED E. STANLEY.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE E. 'A'rxmson, Nlouoms SPBINKER;

